BRUNEL DESIGN  The Last Broadcast From Runnymede.  

 



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The Death of Design 1


In 2002, Steven Schwartz was Appointed Vice Chancellor of Brunel University. He promised the academic staff of the 'internationally renowned' Department of Design, which was based on the Runnymede Campus, a grand new 'gateway' building if they would leave the Runnymede Campus and move to Uxbridge. The grand plan never happened: the department was closed, amaciated first by staff departures and finally by redundancies. The remnants of Design were subsumed in the School of Engineering and Design.


 

The 'Academic Staff' list of 2003 from the Department of Design at the Runnymede Campus, Brunel University, listed over 29 members. Of these only 5 remain (2008-9) in the remnant, subsumed in the School of Engineering and Design. Department CLOSED ? Of the 5 remaining 2 were rewarded for their contribution to the 'rearrangement' with Professorships.